Xbox 360 Wheel Stand – Homemade
Alright, this thing looks a bit ghetto, since I haven't painted it, but it works great.
Top side shot:
Keep in mind, I made this oversize, as I'm 6'4, and I can give the wheel a serious workout. (I know the models with the vertical tube mount wouldn't hold up to my thrashing.)
Left profile:
Front. Plenty of legroom and no way will it tip to either side.
You can see that I placed the crossbrace, which is a stability requirement, here to double as a pedal riser.
Pedal mount profile shot. There are 3 pieces for the pedal mount, which is a clamp design. No modification whatsoever has been made to the pedal assembly, and there is a cushion between the upper surface of the pedal housing and heel plate.
Shot of the pedals from the front. I had to work with this a couple times to get it right. Pedal base movement is a no-go, and it wasn't made with Sasquatch feet in mind. This heel plate acts as a clamp to the base to hold it down and it also mounts up against the center of the base to keep it from having any movement in any direction.
In use, the heel plate feels like an actual floorboard, instead of an area inside a plastic box.
Profile shot of the wheel. I have completely removed the lap mount, and this makes the entire assembly more sturdy and less flexible, and as a bonus gives the wheel a more appropriate profile. I have 8 screws going through the wheelstand top plate and into the original screw holes for the lap mount on the base of the wheel, so no modification is necessary to the wheel or housing itself.
The top plate is angled for proper racing wheel tilt, since we aren't driving a dumptruck.
In the end, I could have made it a bit smaller, but I'd rather have too much room than not enough.
When using this wheel on my particular sofa, I am in a typical racing posture, without a complete cockpit setup.
If you're good with hand tools, you can probably make one as well. Just takes a few supplies, a couple of tools and couple of hours.
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Comments (3)
Hey! Great basic looking wheel stand. I have a question. How did you remove the lap piece? I’m staring at it scratching my head!
Hi Ryyy,
Thanks for the comments.
The lap plate is held onto the wheel housing with 8 security screws on the bottom. These are torx head screws with a pin in the center preventing you from using a typical torx driver.
To remove these screws you have a couple options:
1) Buy a security screw driver of correct size.
2) Carefully break the pin off inside each screw, then use a regular torx driver.
3) Carefully remove the screw with a precision screwdriver.
What I ended up doing was #3 which result in a lot of #2. Heh. A precision screwdriver, which I had on hand, would fit into the screw behind the pin and grab onto the torx corners. Carefully working the screw out often broke the pin, requiring the next size up in precision screwdriver or torx driver.
It took some patience and working with it, but I got them out this way and saved the cost of the driver. You can probably find a driver for $10 or so online plus shipping.
Hey! Which size torx use for remove plate?